Coronavirus, stress, and mental health How do I cope with the stress and emotional strain of both the coronavirus itself and being isolated from my loved ones? The outbreak of the coronavirus can bring about any number of negative feelings — whether it’s about the health and safety of both you and your loved…
New restrictions on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 The following is an extract from the TGA website of this alert: 24 March 2020 In recent days there has been considerable focus on the potential for hydroxychloroquine and the similar compound chloroquine (which is not marketed in Australia) to help in treating COVID-19. Hydroxychloroquine is used…
COVID-19 & Access to Hydroxychloroquine At present the trials are ongoing and there isn’t sufficient evidence to conclude whether it will be effective. Science Magazine stated that the available evidence that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine work against COVID-19 was ‘thin’. The U.S. Society of Critical Care Medicine said “there is insufficient evidence to issue a recommendation…